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Hit Willow Beach at gray light on 3/22 with the wife on the kayaks. My wife caught a 6lber early but we lost it on the way back to the truck. Continued fishing and I caught a PB striper that weighed 23.21 lbs. Both fish caught on A/C plugs. Nice day on the water.
Great report, you sure have those kayaks and AC plugs down pat for catching stripers. If you don’t mind me asking what color plugs were you using?
I’ve caught stripers by accident while fishing for trout a couple times on the river. They like Orange/Silver superdupers.
Thanks doz2. I remember those days at Mead . Loved casting to those big guys with big swimbaits.“doz2” pid=‘1096761’ dateline=‘1585611206’
“wiperhunter2” pid=’ wrote:“BigE” pid=’ wrote:
LOL, those trout can’t survive long in with Summer temps that warm, good thing those striper are waiting to get them, when they come out of the truck. 
They survive just fine year round. Big trout are caught once in awhile down there (recently someone picked up a 6 lb Rainbow). At Willow, the warmest the SURFACE temp will be is 65 degrees. Below the dam, surface is 56 degrees even when its 115*. Considering they can stay in the shade and go down 30-40 feet, surviving the summer isn’t bad. Even on Lake Mead in the summer, water will get cold when you get deep. Trout can survive in Mead as well year round (albeit most will be Striper food).
That said, I’m sure a lot get eaten up by the Stripers. You don’t get the big Striper in Lake Mead like you do on the river. Striper used to get pretty big in the lake as well when they were planting trout. You’d hear about large ones caught much more often. Not that Mead doesn’t have big Stripers but they used to be a lot more plentiful.
Awesome fish BigE, congrats. You regularly pull some big ones!
‘Robster10’ pid=‘1106732’ dateline=‘1603415973’ wrote:
I saw the level was at 30% - wow.
And algae blooms as of the end of September…
Anyone tried it?
Thanks, Rob
My wife and fished it last Thursday for 4 hours. Water was turbid - 3’ visibility. Algae was dying off. Fishing was tough. We picked up 4 fish and then headed elsewhere. 2 - 3 more weeks before it picks up?
Thanks for the update. I was thinking of taking the boys there next weekend but might pass.
These low water summers with algae blooms have really effected the OC lately. This spring was one of the worst ice-offs we’ve experienced there in nearly 10 yrs! Sad…used to be epic there at ice-off. On the other hand, Minersville was stellar this spring. Can’t wait for late Feb and ice-off again!
I saw the level was at 30% - wow.
And algae blooms as of the end of September…
Anyone tried it?
Thanks, Rob